> a flash file is loaded within the page and then that flash object calls up a
> number of other flash files
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> Ideally I'd like to store all the flash content - especially the files that get
> loaded within flash, to be stored in the moodledata folder
What are you writing, and how are you writing it? If you're writing your own Moodle module or block, with
server-side PHP code, then you have the advantage of having access to Moodle's
database structure - you can pass any values you like (such as root path strings) in to your Flash object via the FlashVars parameter of the object / embed element that shows your Flash object.
If you're writing something that's strictly client-side (i.e. an HTML page that contains a Flash movie), then you're more limited as to the information you can get. If you're literally using just an HTML page, then you can get pretty much no information out of the server whatsoever. The
SCORM interface is useful, but won't give you the data you're looking for. You probably need to be using Moodle's own Flash module - this provides an interface that lets your FLash movie extract various information from the server without the palavar of you having to write any server-side code yourself. That'll probably have a function or data structure floating around someplace that'll tell you what the
URL of the moodledata directory is - sorry, you'll have to go and read the Flash module documentation yourself at this point, I know next to nothing about how it actually works.
Why do your loadable Flash files need to be in the MoodleData directory? Does each user who loads your content see different things - can they
upload their own loadable Flash files? If not, then I imagine you're writing your content as an HTML file and a bunch of associated Flash movies - those /should/ work fine simply uploaded into a course's file area. If the containing Flash movie is loading but not the others, try adding some debugging output to that Flash movie - use ActionScript to set the contents of a textbox to the URL of the movie, see what value you get shown. See if you can actually load up the other files in your browser - you might be getting an error page due to a typo or permissions problem that Flash wouldn't tell you about.
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David Hicks
